Hook and eye.



No. 655,847. Patented Aug. I4, |900.

J. A. BRUNNER.

HOOK AND EYE.

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H O O K A N D EY E SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.655,847, dated August 14, 1900.

Application filed February 2, 1900. Serial No. 3,741. (No model.) l

T0 ctZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that l, JOHN A. BRUNNER,a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Vestfield, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooks and Eyes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hooks and eyes; and its primary object is toprovide ready and convenient means for attaching a hook and eye to afabricwithout the use of thread and needle.

A further object of the invention is to insure a reliable engagement ofthe hook and eye and prevent their accidental disconnection.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hook and eye withsecuring devices which are adapted after insertion into cloth, leather,or other material to be flattened down to firmly secure the hook and eyein a fiat position and prevent turning or twisting thereof.

The construction of the improvement will be fully described hereinafterin connection with the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, and its novel features will be defined in the appendedclaims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a hook embodyingthe invention ready for attachment to agarment. Fig. 2 is a similar viewof the hook after itssecuringprongs have been bent to engage the fabric.Fig. 3 is a perspective view of an eye embodying the invention with itssecuring arms or prongs in open position. Fig. 4 is a similar View withthe securing arms or prongs in closed position. Fig. 5 is a view inperspective of the hook and eye united and with their securing-prongsbent to the position they assume when attached to a garment. Figs. 6 and'7 are respectively a plan view and a side elevation of the hook and eyesecured to a garment. Figs. S and 9 are end elevations of theeye,showing its securing arms or prongs in open and closed position,respectively. Figs. 10 and 1l are end elevations of the hook, showingits securing arms or prongs in open and closed position, respectively;and Fig. 12 is a plan view of a modified form of the eye.

The hook, which is formed from a single piece of wire, comprises thebill 1 andthe arms 2 and 3, bent at right angles to form securing armsor prongs e and 5, which extend across the arms 2 and 3 at substantiallyright angles thereto. The arm 2 is shorter than the arm 3, so that thesecuring arms or prongs 4 and 5 Will lie parallel to each other, and thesharpened ends 6 thereof are bent up in position to be inserted throughthe fabric or material to which they are to be attached. The eye of thedevice is also made from a single piece of wire, and it comprises .aloop 7, bent upwardly to form a hump or projection 8, arms 9 and 10forming continuations of the loop, and transversely-bent securing-arms11 and 12, the ends 13 of which are sharpened to adapt them to penetratethe fabric to which they are to be attached.

As clearly illustrated in Figs. G to ll, inclusive, the securing-arms ofboth the hook and eye extend transversely of the length of the latter,or at right angles to the direction of the strain rupon the hook andeye, and thus a very secure fastening is provided, as well as one whichentirely avoids the necessity of sewing and the use of securing-threads.

The arms 4 and 5 of the hook and 11 and l2 of the eye are bent at thepoints 14, and as the wire from which the hooks and eyes are made ispreferably cylindrical in cross-section smooth or rounded surfaces arepresented to avoid undue wear.

After the insertion of the sharpened ends of the prongs or arms they arereadily fiattened down to the position shown in Figs. G and 7 of thedrawings by pressing them with a pair of scissors or other convenientimplement.

It will be seen by reference to Fig. 6 that the securing-arms of thehook project in a direction opposite that of the projecting arms of theeye. This'relative arrangement of the arms, however, is not essential,as the securing-arms and their prongs may be bent to eithenthe right orleft, as desired.

In Fig. 12 I have shown a modified construction in which arms 9 and 10of the eye are twisted together, as shown at l5, to strengthen andreinforce the eye.

The projection S fits between the sides of the bill and serves to lockthe hook and eye together. As shown in Figs. 5 and ',`the hump orprojection S extends above the 11p--v IOL) per surface of the bill, sothat a movement or play of the hook and eye in a longitudinal directionwill not serve to disengage the hump or projection from the bill, butthe hook and eye must be turned to a position approximately at a rightangle to each other before they can be engaged or disengaged. This, asis obvious, effectually prevents accidental disconnection of the hookand eye.

The fastening, as above described, is designed for use upon garments orarticles of clothing generally and is also well adapted for use withleather goods or wherever a de- ;tachable fastening is required.

While the construction shown in the accompanying drawings is bothpractical and inexpensive, I would have it understood that the inventionis not restricted to all of the details shown, but includes all suchvariations and modifications as may properly fall Within the scope ofthe following claims.

I claiml. A fastening device comprising a hook member consisting of abill, and arms of different length eXtending therefrom, said arms bentat right angles, and then upon themselves transversely to formsecuring-prongs;

and an eye member, consisting of a loop and arms extending therefrom,and bent to form transversely-disposed securing-prongs. y

2. A fastening device comprising a hook member consisting of a bill andarms of different length extending therefrom, said arms being bent atright angles, and then upon themselves to form transversely-extendingsecuring-prongs; and an eye member consisting of a loop provided withsecuring-prongs, and a projection adapted to be engaged by the bill ofthe hook member.

3. A fastening device comprising a hook member consisting of a singlepiece of wire bent to form a loop or bill and laterally-extending armsof dierent length bent to form transverse prongs; and an eye memberconsisting of a single piece of wire bent to form a loop, having a humpor projection; and arms bent to form transverse securing-prongs.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. BRUNNER.

Viituesses:

F. O. MCCLEARY, H. D. LAWSON.

